Last year, UK-based FMCG multinational, Unilever, announced it was spinning off its ice-cream business, which contains iconic brands such as Ben & Jerry’s and Magnum.

Unilever Plc is evaluating options, including a New York listing, for its ice cream business, which is the biggest market for its brands such as Ben & Jerry's and Breyers, Bloomberg News reported on Friday,

Unilever Plc is considering New York as a potential venue for a listing of its ice cream business, people with knowledge of the matter said, a move that might trigger a backlash in the unit’s home market of the Netherlands.

Unilever Plc (NYSE:UL) is evaluating an initial public offering of its ice cream business in the U.S. The company is also considering a listing of the ice cream unit, which houses brands including Ben & Jerry's and Breyers,

Anglo-Dutch multinational Unilever, one of the largest players in the food and non-food consumer goods market, is closing its ice cream factory in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, and moving part of the production to Romania,